1. proactive - Adjective
2. proactive - Adjective Satellite
(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
Source: WordNetAs soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles. Ray Liotta
While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve. Kirsten Gillibrand
The further institutional designers try to move along the continuum toward explicit proactive systems that force integration in exclusionary and racist societies, the more they will learn about how much redesign of ethnic antipathy is feasible in them. Ian Shapiro
The typical response from people when I tell them Im diabetic is, Oh, Im sorry to hear that. You know, Im not. Im a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. Im more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. Im more proactive about my health. Charlie Kimball
I want to be really proactive in working with the progressive business community in Australia and also reaching out to rural and regional Australia in order to assist in the sustainability crisis and the food security crisis. Christine Milne
I think it talks about that there needs to be some proactive attack against drugs infiltrating our culture. Joe Morton